Shale, n.
- 1. Slate clay, schistous clay.
- 2. Shell, husk, pod.
Shallow, a.
- 1. Shoal.
- 2. Superficial, empty, silly, slight, unintelligent, simple, ignorant.
- 3. Flimsy, trivial, frivolous, trifling, foolish, puerile, trashy.
Shallow, n. Shoal, flat shelf, sand-bank.
Shallow-brained, a. Simple, ignorant, foolish, empty-headed, shallow-pated, silly.
Shallow-pated, a. Shallow-brained, silly, foolish.
Shalstone, n. Table-spar, tabular spar, grammite, scale-stone.
Sham, v. a.
- 1. Feign, pretend, make pretence of, imitate, ape.
- 2. Trick, cheat, delude, dupe.
- 3. Impose, obtrude by fraud.
Sham, v. n. Deceive, feign, impose, pretend.
Sham, n. Imposture, imposition, trick, fraud, feint, delusion, humbug, pretence, clap-trap.
Sham, a. Pretended, false, assumed, counterfeit, mock, spurious, clap-trap, make-believe.
Shamble, v. n. Hobble, shuffle.
Shambles, n. pl.
- 1. Flesh market, meat market.
- 2. Slaughter-house, abattoir.
Shame, n.
- 1. Abashment, mortification, confusion, humiliation.